By Fern Gillespie During New York City’s toxic Canadian smoke haze, the air quality reached crisis levels. Within the week, over 1,000 asthma-related emergency hospital visits...
Fern GillespieStrokes are a health crisis facing many Black Americans. The CDC reports that Black Americans are 50 percent more likely to have a stroke as...
May is Mental Health Month, and for Dr. Jason Hershberger, Chair of Psychiatry for One Brooklyn Health, the “B’ in OBH should stand for Behavioral because...
Yesterday, May 10, was World Lupus Day, a day observed for increasing awareness about the disease. For Salina Coleman, 49, of the Tompkins Park Senior Citizens...
President: “Black Women in U.S. Three Times More Likely to Experience Pregnancy-Related Complications” – Our Time Press’ April-May series on Reproductive Health and Choice to Begin...
by Yvette MooreNew York City schools were not racially segregated by law as in the South, but they were in...
Evolution of Black Studies Into New York City K-12 Curriculum By Mary Alice MillerNew York City implemented a citywide K-12...
By Fern GillespieKamala Harris didn’t win the presidency. However, she made history again as the first Black and Asian woman...
It’s in the books:The movement for a Black Studies curriculum in New York City schools has its roots in the...
Melissa Aviles-Ramos, a lifelong educator and the highest-ranking Latina and Spanish-speaking leader in New York City’s public schools, was appointed...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large@NayabaArinde1“We are very much leaning towards banning cell phones,” said New York City’s Schools Chancellor David Banks. Having...
AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals NEW YORK –...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ positive messages this month encouraging the next generation of leaders to “stay in the fight” echoed...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts Following George Zinnermans killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, Black Lives Matter began...
Below, in the juror’s questions, we learn how deeply they had to go, parsing each word, in rationalizing their way...
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this week announced that she has reached an agreement on...
Attorney General James Wins Landmark Victory in Case Against Donald Trump NEW YORK – Last week, New York Attorney General...